I'm back at long last. Here's my continuation of my GSG trilogy. I will tell you this before we begin. The new adversary the girls face in this story is not an OC. He is a re-envisioning of a character from another series if he were in GSG. I will give you plenty of clues as to his identity, so don't worry, you should be able to tell who he is(atleast if you know what he's from, that is). Now then, let's get this started.

Jean walked through the grounds looking for Renaldo. He had already been to the medical wing where he was told Renaldo came for Loretta after her she was finally brought out of her coma a from few months back. He saw Renaldo standing in an archway and walked up to speak to him but stopped as he came up beside him. He saw Rico and Loretta chasing each other in the field happily. Normally, he would turn away without a single care for what the girls ever did unrelated to their handler's job, but why was he now mesmerized by the two playing friends. Was this how it was meant to be? Were these girls really more than just tools of the trade?

"Well,"Renaldo said suddenly, "she seems happy." Jean shuck off his thoughts and molded his face into a look of disinterest and turned to leave. "Well, where are you going?"he asked Jean.

"To the briefing for our next assignment,"Jean called back to him. "Care to join me?"

"Sure! I'll be right there."he heard Renaldo call back.

"Okay everybody, listen up." Chief Lorenzo sat down at the table, every single member of Section 2 here for this one. Things were quite different today. A certain subject would be brought up with this briefing. "There's something very important I must tell you today..." The chief straightened himself up as best he could. He was ready for whatever reaction he was about to receive. "There may be a traitor in our ranks."Lorenzo announced. Several of the staff members gasped in shock.

"What are you talking about?"Hilshire asked in alarm. Lorenzo, however, put his hands up to quiet the conversing agents.

"I've been needing to bring this up for some time."he said plainly. "Back in the mission to Sicily to eliminate that Japanese businessman, he knew some information about the cyborgs."he explained.

"But the Republican Faction already knows about the cyborgs."Jean quickly assured the chief, but he waved his assistant off.

"They know about the girls being assassins. HE knew about them being cyborgs, even that their lifespans are quite short."Lorenzo said darkly. The agents around him stared. This was true. How would someone know about the girls being cyborgs, let alone their brief mortality?

"But... but sir! Could a contact of ours or one of the law keepers sold us out?"asked Jose, only to have the chief wave him off aswell.

"They would have made a demand or threat of some kind before that."he stated. "Enough of this, though. It's only a hunch of mine, nothing more."he said quickly, nobody in the room buying his ploy. "The matter at hand is this man."he said turning on a projector. A young man with a blond, buzzed hair cut appeared on the white board behind him. He was dressed in a black suit with a burgundy sweater underneath and was holding a matching burgundy beret.

"He has no name and hasn't been seen previously."Lorenzo explained. "He has made numerous hits through Italy and has allowed himself to be sighted each time."

"Allowed?"

"There can be no other explanation, Jose. To call his skills superb would be an insult. He always uses twin Single Action Army revolvers and at every examination of his massacres, each bullet counted was in a body, no stray shots or even misses."Jean told his brother.

"Who all has he put hits on?"asked Renaldo. Lorenzo shifted through his papers.

"Only small targets."he responded, seizing his list of the victims. "Mostly budding politicians or small time business CEOs."

"Then why is he of the Social Welfare Agency's concern?"Renaldo asked quickly.

"Some people from higher up the ladder suspect he could be acting as a diversion."Jean added.

"Several Republican Faction suspects have been sighted around his target areas."Lorenzo continued. "The interesting thing about him, though, is his pattern?"

"Pattern?"asked Renaldo.

"He always strikes in the same five towns, one after the other each time. He's almost done his third cycle."Lorenzo went on still. He could tell several of the agents listening were becoming more and more disgusted by the assassin's conduct. "He will be here in Rome some time next week if our calculations are correct."

"The lay out is simple."Jean said pulling out a blue print and city map. "A secluded building was discovered to have military rations and crude beddings. Most likely this is where that son of a bitch is holed up in when he's in Rome."

"So, we lay out a game plan and send to of our finest to cap this prick?"asked Renaldo. Jean, however, shuck his head.

"It's not going to be that simple, not by a long shot." Jean said. He motioned the staff to gather around the table, knowing this plan would probably go up in flames... knowing this man would probably be ready for whatever they tried on him.

Well, here it is. Chapter one, the next step in my GSG fan fic trilogy. Keep your eyes peeled, things are not going to go at all smoothly for the girls or the SWA. Until next time.